Ice-cream disher



Jan. 31, 1928. 1,657,470 G. E. HOLMES ET AL I CE CREAM DI SEER Filed Sept. 18. 1926 Patented Jan. 31, 19,28.

UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. HOLMES AND FRANK. W. GRANT, "GF-DOVER,.1\TEW' HAMIPSHIRE.

ICE-CREAM IDISHEB-J Application filed september 18, 19%.

you; of the charge. lt at the present the custom of moor-cam retailers to tl weam in cold storao'e and con- C'J ziole for dispensing in their made possible in l rigidaire and other crating systems, adapted to is he f v i"; drug; stores and othe" places wher. i ream is served. it

era-tel? 35 is preferred and continuously maintained. The v eam is therefore. usually much 32111 was the case when the ice and enerally used. so that the g the cream forcustonr niore oiffioult tl an formerly. disher to modern requirements, 52;"; west have its bowl andhandle firmly conc and relatively arranged to prevent sage oi the bowl from the handle by the excl-tee, when the bowl is pressed cream in dishing. The pre present time, generally of disher, has a hemispherical and a handle lixec to one side of the portion or larger zone of the bowl, ejectingtherefrom in substantial 1 with sa d zone. the cisher is in practically conlOllE use, the temperature of the bowl approaches that of the ice-cream. This condition often causes quick and strong adher ehce oi the charge to the inner surface of the bowh so that While the scraper is being him-ed ieitiafll across the bowl to liberate the char e, the latter readheres to the bowl b en behind the scraper.

llhe scraper used in the preterredt'ype ct dish-'1. having a hemispherical bowh is semi-circular and conforms to the concavity of the inner surface thebowl, and isjour- .l at one end in the side of the mouth 'on of the bowl opposite the handle and at the opp site end to a 'roclt shaft Wllltfl]. is journaled iii an elongated bearing in the handle, and is in the same plane as the seiaper the rock-shaft constituting an it of i'ueans lor operating the scraper. the o 'ierati g means is er element or an adhesion between temperature Serial no. 136,270;

a lever lulenuued-on the handle and oper lle by pressure of a thumb or finger there 1., to turn the rocloshatt and cause a moveiuent of the scraper across the concave fill-- surface it the boivl, theroclr-shai t being provided with a pinioii and the'lover with a reel: eigraging the pinion. An example of thi type of disher is found in our Pati e: lo. l.188,i"5", granted June 17, 1916..

I said patented disher and all others o'lf t which We are 111 WlllCll a Sean-circular se'aper 1s ted by a roch-sha aper the lever has been adapted and ar .qed to more the to pro ect er in one direction the a rea'dherence of the charge to ot be broken by apositive retain iuoveizient or retraction of: thelerer and scraper, and can be broken only bythe action of the s! in usually employed in hers of this type, toyieldingly iiioveythe 'lhe object or our'invention is to'provide an ice-cream dishor ot. the type describe l, having manuallyoperable means for posi, tively turning the rock-shalt and scraper baclru'ai {has Well forward, sothat a second adhesion may be quickly brokeniby a positive backward movement of the scraper.

The invention mayfbe embodied in a disher which includes an oscillatory siclrleshaped cleaver-blade conforming to'theedgc oi? the bowl, and adaptedto bemoi'ed across. the bowl and remove surplus mater1al from a charge therein, before the operation of the scraper, disher which includes a not include a clezwer.

Of the accompanying drawings im'ijuiiig a part 01 this specilication.-- Figure 1 is an edge View of a disher ennbodyiug t to invention. including a cleaver. Figures 2 and 3 are sideriews ofthe some. illustrating differentstages of the operh tion.

scraper, but does Figures and 5 dl'GW lOl similar, to Fig ures 1 and 3. and illustratethe repeated op;-

eration of the scraper, Without the; operation 01" the cleaver.

Figu es 6 and 7 are perspective views,

showing'the members of the lever shown by the preceding figures, other.-

Figures 8 andl are top and bot-tom views it in the plane of the taper and brealr an or itmay be embodied in a separated from each loo fill

of a disher which does not include a cleaver.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

Referring first, to Figures 1 lo 7, inclusive, 12 designates the bowl which is substantially hemispherical, and it) the handle of an ice-cream disher. The handle is attached to one side of the mouth portion or zone of the bowl. A sickle-shaped cleaver 1a, conforming to the top edge or circular mouth of the bowl, is provided with a shank 16, formed as a lever, which is fulcrumed to oscillate on a stud 17, lined to the handle, and is normally held yieldingly in the retracted position shown by full lines in Figures 2, 3, a and by a spring 18 coiled on the stud, one end of the spring being fixed to the stud, and the other end to the shank 16.

A substantially fcllll-tjlltfitlltll' scraper 19 is jouvnaled to turn within the bowl from the retracted position shown by Figures 2 and l, to the projected position shown by Figures 3 and 5, and thereby break an adhesion between the bowl and a charge of ice-cream therein, the scraper having at one end a trunnion 19 journaled in a. hearing at the outer side of the bowl, and fixed at its opposite end to a rock-shaft 28, which is journaled in a bearing in the handle 13. Said bearings are in C1091) proximity to the mouth of the bowl.

Fulcrumed 0n the handle is an operating lever which, in this instance, is adapted as next described, to operate both the cleaver and the scraper.

The lever includes an inner member 20, and an outer member 21, to which is fixed a fulcrum stud 22, journaled in the bearing in the handle 13, the inner member 20 being adapted to oscillate on the fulcrum stud. A spring 523, iixed at one end to the stud, and at the other end to the handle, normally holds the members 20 and 21 in the position shown by Figure 2, a portion 20" of the mem ber 20 being engaged with a hold-down lug 25 on the handle. The lever members 20 and 21 are provided with arms 20 and 21", on which a linger and thumb may bear, as shown by Figure 5, the arm 20" being a pull arm, and the arm 21* av push arm, said arms being at opposite sides of the handle. The outer member 21 is provided with a springpressed bolt Elli, adapted to engage an ear 2? on the cleaver shank 16, and swing the cleaver to the dotted line position shown by l igure 2, said bolt and ear constituting trigger means hereinafter referred to. Torquetransmitting connections are provided between the scraper l9 and the lever member 20, these including the rock-shaft 28, fixed at one end to the scraper and journaled in a bearing in the handle, and a segmental rack 30, formed on the lever member 20.

The outer lever member 21. is adapted to oscillate independently between two abutments 31 and 32, formed on the inner member 20, and is held normally by the controlling f-l)l'i11g against the abutment 31, the inner member 20 being at the same time held by the spring against the lever hold-down lug 125, as shown by Figure 2.

In operating the dis-her a l'tcr the bowl l2 is charged, the operator first presses on the push arm 21" to move the outer lever 21 from the position shown by Figure 2, toward that shown by Figure 53. The springqfn'eiscd bolt 26 is thus caused to engage the car 27 on the cleaver shank and project the cleaver to the dotted line position shown by Figure 52, and then release the cleaver, before the 11love ment of the member :21 is completed. The n'ieinber 2t, at the same time, contacts with the abutment 32 on the mem )er E20, so that in moving to the position shown by Figure 5; it moves the member 20, thus causing, thrmigh the torque-transmittirig connections, the projection of the scraper 1'.) from the retracted position shown by Figure 4', lo the projected position shown by Figure 3.

In case the charge readhel'es to the how], after the first pl'fljtft blUn of the scraper, before the charge is dumped, the second adhesion may be broken without operating the cleaver, by the n'ianipulation illustrated by Figures l and 5, the operator oscillating the members of the lever in unison between the extreme positions shown by these figures, by pressing alternately on the lever arms 20" and 21", without allowing the bolt 20 to en" gage the car 27 of the cleaver shank. When the lever members are moved to the positions shown by Figure ii, the scraper is positively retracted, and when they are moved in unison to the positions shown by Figure 5, they act conjointly to cause the projection of the scraper, the cleaver remaining inoperative. Provision is therefore made for repeatedly operating the scraper without operating the cleaver, so that the operator, after leveling the charge by the cleaver, may continue to positively operate the scraper to any desired extent.

A stop car 12 on the bowl limits lhe re tracting movement of the cleaver lo it no! mal posit on.

The disher provided with stop nil-ans limiting the movements of the .-'.l'.|}llu'1' and lover in each direction. said means iurludingr". in this instance. a. stop our 12 on the bowl. atraiusli wh ch the cleaver abuts when Io tracted, and portions 11-3 and 115 of the handle 13, the pull arm 20 of the lever being formed to abut against the portion 33* as shown by Figure 2, and the push arm 521'" being formed to abut against the portion 1.5 as shown by Figure 3.

it will be seen that the push arm 21 of the outer lever member 21. is a scraper-projectlug, arm enga sta le y the perators flauu lilo ll l

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icamvo inner member 20 in the direction required to 1)l'O] Ct the scraper through the torque trans' mitting connections. It will also be seen that the pullarin 20 of the inner ltverimembei". a scraper-Letrac'ting arm, supplen'ienting the action of the SpringQS and positively moving the inner lever member 20 in" a scraper-retracting direction.

The springs 18 and 23, collectively constitute resilient means normally holding the scraper retracted and the lever member 20 in position to project the sc 'aper.

In the embodin'ient shown by Figures 8 and 9. the cleaver is omitted. and the lever is composed of a single part, which is manually movable to positively project and positively retract the scraper. The lever isfulcrumed on a stud 40 fixed to the handle, andinc'ludes anarm 41 at one side of the fulcrum having a segmental rack 42, a scraper-projecting push arm 43, arranged to receive pressure front the op eratofis thumb, and a scrape retracting pull arm 43 arranged to receive pressure tronia. finger.

The scraper maybe normally held in a retractedposition by a spring- 4:4, fixed't'o the handle at 45, and to the lever at The spring normally presses a stop car 47 on the lever arm all, against thel'iandle 13,-so that the lever normally holds the scraper retracted through torque-transmitting means similar.

to that above described. The scraper-retract ing; pull arm 43 enables the operator to positively retract the scraper-arid thereby break a second adhesion. The spring may be omitted desired. 7 v

It will be seen that in each of the illus trated embodiments of the invention, the (lisher includes a hemispherical bowh a handle oi? the bowl, a semi-circular scraper conforming to the cone ve inner surface of the bowl ant 'journaled at one end in the mouth portion thereoi, a rock-shaft fixed to the scraper and journaled in a bearing in the handle, and provided with a pinion, the scraper being movable entirely across the inner surface of the bowl by a semi-rotation of the rock-shaft, and a lever tulcrumed on the handle and having an arm at one side of the fulcrum.

fixed to one side of the mouthpoitioii' essential characteristicspointed out in the opening" portion of this specification.

Iii" eacli oi saidembodiments the disher is distinguished from other dishers ofthis type hei constituting: an elementojt thecperating ieve r located beside the element provided by the push-arm'ill or d3, and adaptedto be pulled by another digit of a hand grasping the handle, to cause a positive semi-rotation of the rock-shaft in the opposite direction, and a positiveretraction'o't the scraper.

e claim:

11 An ice-cream disher comprising a hemispherical bowl, a handle lined to one side of tliemonth portion of thebowl, a semicircular scra-per conforming to the concave inner surface of the bowl, andfjournall'ed at one end in the mouthportion thereo'l. a roclc shaft tired to the scraper and journalled in a bearing in the handle, the Scraper being movable entirely across the inner surface Oil the bowl by a semirotation of the rock shaft, and mechanism including a member operable by one digit of the hand of the operator while grasping the handle topositively turn the rocli'shatt in onedirectio-n, and a second member operable by another digit of the hand of the operator grasping. the handle to positively turn the rock shaft inthe opposite direction, \vhereby'the scraper may be positively actuatedto initially break an adhesion betweenthe bowl and a frozen charge there in and positively retracted, to breaka second adhesion.

2. rrnicc-creain disher comprising a hemispherical bend; a handle lined to one side of the mouth portion of the bowl, semicircular scraper conforming to the concave inner surface of the bowL and journaied Oneendin the-mouth portion thereof, a rockshalt lined to the scraper, and journaled in a bearing in the handle, the scraper being movable entirely across theinne-r surface of the bowl by a semirot-ation of the rocle shaft, a pinion on the rock-shalt, and an operating lever fulcrumed on the handle and having at one side of the fulcrum a rack meshingwith the pinion, and at the opposite side a puslrarni and a pull-arm, the pusharm being arranged to be positively pushed by a digit of a hand grasping the handle, while the pull-arm is arranged to be positively pulled by another digit. while the bandle is grasped by the hand, the arrangement being such that the scraper may be positively projected by force applied to one of said arms, to initially break an adhesion between the bowl and a frozen charge there in, and positively retracted by force applied to the other arm to break a second adhesion.

3. In an icercream disher which includes a bowl having a handle, a scraper adapted to oscillate in the bowl between retracted and projected positions, to break airadhe- .totore used, by the pull arm 2O or 43 sion between the bowl and a charge therein, and a cleaver adapted to oscillate across the edge of the bowl, and provided with an ele ment of trigger means whereby the cleaver may be projected and released; the disher being characterized by scraper and cleaver-operating mechanism whereby the so no er may be manually and positively moved in each direction to positively break such adhesion, and the cleaver may be manually projected and normally retracted, said mechaniz-zm comprising a two-part operating lever :t'ulerumed on the handle and including an inner member having spaced apart abutments, and an outer member coaxial with the inner member and adapted to bear on said abutments alternately, the outer member being; provided with acomplemental element at said trigger means, resilient means normally holding the cleaver retracted and the lever in position to project the scraper and cleaver, said means including two independent springs, one connectint the cleaver with the handle, and the other connecting the outer member of the lever with the handle, and torque-transmitting connections between the inner member of the lever and the scraper, the outer lever member having a scraper and cleaver-projet-ting; arm engageable by a digit to first move the outer member to cause the projection and release of the cleaver by said trigger means, and then engage the outer member with the inner member, to cause the projection of the scraper by the torquetransmittin means, the inner lever member having a scraper-retracting arm engag'eable by a digit to manually and positively re tract the scraper, the arrangement being such that the scraper may be repeatedly positively projected and retracted inclepencb ently of the cleaver, so that an adhesion formed after an initial projection of the scraper may subsequently be broken without operating the cleaver, the disher ineluding stop means lin'liting the moreaa-nls of the lever and scraper in each dircclilim.

&. An ice-cream disher comprising; a bowl having" a handle, a scraper having a roclo shaft adapted to turn in a bearing in the handle and provided with a pinion, the scraper being adapted to oscillate in the bowl between retracted and projected positions, to break an adhesion between the bowl and a charge therein, a cleaver adaptrai to oscillate across the edge of the bowl and pro vided with a lever 'lulcrumed on the handle and having a trigger car, a two-part operat ing lever iulcrnn'led on the handle and including an inner member having; spaced apart abutmcnts, a spimg-pressed trigger bolt adapted to cooperate with said ear in projecting and releasing the cleaver, a sop,- mentai rack engagingsaid pinion, and a scraper-rotracting arm cngagealiile by a digit to manually and positively retract the scrapor, the lever including also an outer member coaxial with the inner member, adapted to bear on said alnltnients alternately, and provided with a scraper and cleavenprojacting arm engageable by a digit to first more the outer member to cause the projection and release of the cleaver by said trigger bolt and car, and then engage the outer memlaL-r with the inner member to cause the projectitm ot the scraper by said rack, pinion and root'- shaft, the arrangement being such that the scraper may be repeatedly positively piojected and retracted indepemlently oi the cleaver, so that an adhesion formed after an initial projection of the scraper may subsequently be broken, without operating the cleaver, the disher including stop means limiting the movements of the lever and scraper in each direction.

In testimony whereof we have ailixral onr signatures.

GEORGE E. IIOLhllliiifi. FRANK (irllANil. 

